Cornerstone (song)

Cornerstone (song)
"Cornerstone"
Single by Arctic Monkeys
from the album Humbug
B-side "Catapult"
"Sketchhead"
"Fright Lined Dining Room"
Released 16 November 2009
Format 7", 10"
Genre Psychedelic rock, indie rock[1], post-punk revival, neo-psychedelia
Length 3:20
Label Domino
Writer(s) Alex Turner
Producer James Ford
Arctic Monkeys singles chronology
"Crying Lightning"
(2009)
"Cornerstone"
(2009)
"My Propeller"
(2010)
Humbug track listing
  1. "My Propeller"
  2. "Crying Lightning"
  3. "Dangerous Animals"
  4. "Secret Door"
  5. "Potion Approaching"
  6. "Fire and the Thud"
  7. "Cornerstone"
  8. "Dance Little Liar"
  9. "Pretty Visitors"
  10. "The Jeweller's Hands"

"Cornerstone" is a song by the English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, released as the second single from their third album Humbug. It was released on 16 November 2009. Like the previous single "Crying Lightning", the vinyl was made available in Oxfam shops.[2] Alex Turner told Uncut magazine that he wrote this song, "one morning, quite quickly." He added: "There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day you're a bit more defensive. I saw it as a challenge to write something in a major key, but that wasn't cheesy."[3] It was originally written in the key of A Major.

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Music video

The music video for the single debuted on Channel 4 in the UK on 15 October 2009.

The music video, directed by Richard Ayoade, who worked on the videos of "Fluorescent Adolescent", "Crying Lightning" and their "At the Apollo" DVD, shows frontman Alex Turner singing the song alone in a white room during the whole video. The other members of the band (Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley) are not present in the video.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Alex Turner, all music composed by Arctic Monkeys.

7" (RUG349)
No. Title Length
1. "Cornerstone"   3:20
2. "Catapult"   3:28
10" (RUG349T), MP3 digital download
No. Title Length
1. "Cornerstone"   3:20
2. "Catapult"   3:28
3. "Sketchead"   2:02
4. "Fright Lined Dining Room"   3:26

Charts

Being released as an EP in Oxfam shops, the single charted at number 94 in the UK charts, 99 in the Australian charts and charted at 7 on the UK indie charts. It also debuted at number 7 on the Soundscan singles charts for sales in Canada.

Charts (2009) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 99
Belgium Singles Chart (Flanders)[4] 68
Canadian Singles Chart 7
French Singles Chart[5] 42
Polish Singles Chart[6] 46
UK Singles Chart 94
UK Indie Chart 7

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